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AUGUST 22, 2000 Tribal leaders from the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek Nations in Oklahoma are opposing an English-only ballot initiative in the upcoming state election. The leader say it makes people whose first language is not English harder to live in Oklahoma. Governor Frank Keating said it was a "narrow-minded" law. Get the Story:
Oklahoma Tribes Wary of English-Only: American Indians say initiative is discriminatory, could disrupt tourist economy (Knight Ridder News Service 8/19)
Tribes oppose English-only
Facebook TwitterAUGUST 22, 2000 Tribal leaders from the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek Nations in Oklahoma are opposing an English-only ballot initiative in the upcoming state election. The leader say it makes people whose first language is not English harder to live in Oklahoma. Governor Frank Keating said it was a "narrow-minded" law. Get the Story:
Oklahoma Tribes Wary of English-Only: American Indians say initiative is discriminatory, could disrupt tourist economy (Knight Ridder News Service 8/19)
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